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- Details, Details
- What's that building to the left of the tower?
- Coal Barges
- Bromo-Seltzer
- Inner harbor
- The Basin
- What a headache!
- Giant stepladder?
- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
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Ambridge
Lunchbox Brigade: 1941
January 1941. Ambridge, Pennsylvania. "Employees of American Bridge Company (United States Steel) waiting for the bus." Acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
- 8 comments
- 11385 reads
The Belles of Ambridge: 1941
January 1941. "Street scene in Ambridge, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 12907 reads
Our Town: 1938
July 1938. "Coffee shop in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, home of the American Bridge Company." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 12064 reads
Clothespin Corner: 1938
July 1939. "Housing conditions in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Home of the American Bridge Company." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 6479 reads
Kafeneion: 1938
July 1938. "Boys in the town in front of Greek coffee shop. Ambridge, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 7666 reads
Local Characters: 1938
July 1938. "Neighborhood boys. Housing conditions in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Home of the American Bridge Company." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 13402 reads
Neighborhood Wash: 1938
July 1938. "Housing conditions in Ambridge, Pa. Home of American Bridge Co." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
- 8 comments
- 19441 reads
Hot Tub: 1938
July 1938. "Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Scene in the alley on the east side of town." (A photographer? And the Internet? Please go away!) 35mm negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 17810 reads
God Bless America: 1941
January 1941. "Window in home of unemployed steelworker. Ambridge, Pennsylvania." Medium-format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 17510 reads
Another World: 1938
July 1938. Another view of the rowhouses in Ambridge, Pa. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
- 4 comments
- 35712 reads
Rear Window: 1938
July 1938. Back alley showing housing conditions in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA.
- 3 comments
- 21825 reads
Ambridge Alley: 1938
July 1938. Another view of "housing conditions in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, home of the American Bridge Company." View full size. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. While I guess the point here is the decrepit nature of the neighborhood, it looks to have been a great place to grow up. Like something from a Neil Simon play.
- 16 comments
- 51963 reads
The Simple Life: 1938
July 1938. "Housing conditions in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, home of the American Bridge Company." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein.
- 2 comments
- 31855 reads
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